Peaceful Warrior

It's mostly hoo-hah, but there are moments in this New Agey, feel-semi-good crowd-pleaser that rise above and beyond the gymnastics and psychobabble.

"...as gracefully as he does the pommel horse. Peaceful Warrior is adapted from the semiautobiographical novel The Way of..."

June 23, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Warrior Marks

"...and continents and cultures with the spread of immigration? Warrior Marks is the most articulate and provocative film to..."

Oct. 14, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Warrior's Way

An Asian assassin seeks refuge in a small town in the American Badlands where ninjas and cowboys duke it out.

"...Western with those of the sword-wielding chopsocky genre, The Warrior's Way is drained of much of its presumed power..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

"...Americans get the shaft… again. This movie about the warrior Squanto, who, after his capture by the British in..."

Dec. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

Indian history lesson is loose with facts and light on drama

"...are even harder. Such is the case with The Warrior Queen of Jhansi, a heavily fictionalized retelling of the..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Warrior Witches in Hell

"...Nikita have most in common is that they are warriors. Buffy is uncorrupted by her struggle; Nikita has fallen..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Warrior

Knockout performances by the three central characters and powerfully effective fight sequences are the key ingredients that spur this male weepie.

"...carefully modulated film about acceptance and redemption. Not that Warrior isn’t a tad overlong at 139 minutes or that..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Women Who Run With Warrior Princesses

Reneé O'Connor ROCs

"...young writer who traveled the globe with a fierce warrior, creating and recording history as it really was. Blasphemy?..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

The Thirteenth Warrior

"...without humor, I'd imagine. Toward that end, The 13th Warrior includes copious shots of mad kings and gnarled witch..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Michael Madsen, Last of the Warrior Poets

Mr. Blonde on poetry, hats, and 'Reservoir Dogs'

"...clear: He is one of the last of the warrior poets...."

Dec. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc Recommends: Fantastic Fest Rolling Roadshow Screening of 'The Road Warrior'

Republic Square, Friday, September 19, 2008

"...hosts a special Rolling Roadshow screening of The Road Warrior, starring a younger Mel Gibson and the even younger..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Richard Thompson, Warrior

Richard Thompson's back in our arms again.

"...with a band. The occasion is latest disc Sweet Warrior (Shout! Factory), his first electric effort since 2003's The..."

Sept. 20, 2007 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Warrior Voices

With a Spanish-language production of The Vagina Monologues, Austin Latinas are making themselves heard

"...Hernandez and Marialy Gonzalez to attend an annual Vagina Warrior Workshop (formerly the Regional Empowerment Workshop) in New Orleans..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Two Texas Officials Win Drug Warrior Award

Nothing says progress like the status quo

"...Williamson Co. District Attorney John Bradley are good drug warriors. And now they're being honored for it...."

July 20, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Road Warrior

Self-distributing Hell on Wheels

April 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Poet Warrior's Reward

Amorindio: Tributo y Celebración for raúlrsalinas

Aug. 24, 2007 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Ron Paul: Wii Warrior or PlayStation3 Playah?

The Texas presidential hopeful makes a bid for the youth vote.

June 22, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior

The mass release of this top-notch Thai action film should havee American audiences grinning ear to ear and shore to shore.

Feb. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Commissioner Road Warrior

Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Princess and the Warrior

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Road Warrior

June 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Cyborg: Steel Warrior

Jan. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All Over Creation: Head in the Game

In Houston, 'Warrior Class' and 'Road Show' show it is how you play the game

"...in the early 20th century, have in common with Warrior Class, Kenneth Lin's of-the-moment political drama of a so-called..."

June 7, 2013 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Way Back

Affleck gets courtside in a tale of basketball redemption

"...With titles like Warrior and Miracle in his filmography, you’d be forgiven for..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

"Tia J. Boyd: Future Inhabitants" at the Carver

Tia J. Boyd's photographic portraits of warrior women reveal the subjects' power and beauty in a post-postapocalyptic world

"...wiped ourselves out), leaving a cleansed Earth overseen by warrior women who have transcended humanity and become divine. The..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Mad Max: Fury Road

Glorious action cinema abounds on Fury Road

"...as living blood-bags. In Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, gasoline was the lifeblood of this dreadful post-apocalyptic society;..."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Even Flow

The Wounded Warrior Project and MSNBC bring the war home via an Austin connection

"...connects the various servicemember stories is the nonprofit Wounded Warrior Project, and the navigational help it provides. WWP has..."

July 25, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Shaolin

In this rousing film, a compassionate Buddhist philosophy underpins what might have been just another Hong Kong period piece about power-mad warlords and their blood-spattered brinkmanship.

"...It's no great shock that this broken warrior makes his way to the monk's temple (but not..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Samurai

Tom Cruise turns Japanese.

"...redemption in the honor code of the Japanese samurai warrior, dictated the need to follow those conventions is debatable...."

Dec. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Whale Rider

This quietly powerful tale of youthful female empowerment in New Zealand is based on a cornerstone Maori myth.

"...fact that she abounds with the hallmarks of a warrior and a leader. As Pai follows her grandfather's teachings..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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